The evaluation of sexual harassment litigants: Reducing discrepancies in the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 337-347

  Lawson, Angela K ^a   Wright, Caroline Vaile ^b   Fitzgerald, Louise F ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

forensic assessment; MMPI 2; PTSD; sexual harassment; TSI

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883583531     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000024     Document Type: Article

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